'Alcoholism is a disease, and commonly a disease of the mind, of the whole personality rather than of the body; the disease can be treated and cured, and the cure sustained, if it is attacked at the right level and if the facilities for treatment and for aftercare are there. 

This is the message of an impressive little book, Alcoholism...' - Guardian

'This admirably clear and concise survey... 

Its authors are two consultant psychiatrists who have had special experience in the care and treatment of alcoholics. 

They write for the general reader and consider the various aspects, physiological, social, and psychological, of the problem of alcoholism today. 

Their book is remarkably comprehensive and they manage to give a most striking account in a short space of the alcoholic personality. 

They are scrupulous not to generalize without qualification, and all methods for dealing with alcoholics from Antabuse to Alcoholics Anonymous are given most balanced consideration.